Appalachian Trail: PA 645 to PA 183
Appalachian Trail: PA 645 to PA 183
Save this 11-miler for leaf-peeper season when the hills are brushed in reds and browns. Don’t miss the incredible overlook at milepoint 1.9.
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Shelters: 501 Shelter; sleeps 12.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 17.8
Waypoints
WPT010
Location: 40.5157318115234, -76.3109817504883
Viewpoint
WPT019
Location: 40.5146179199219, -76.3393859863281
Trail
WPT012
Location: 40.5152816772461, -76.3156661987305
Blue-blaze Kessel Trail
WPT018
Location: 40.5153007507324, -76.3377685546875
Trail to spring & Applebee campsite
WPT025
Location: 40.5241851806641, -76.2387008666992
Stream
WPT017
Location: 40.5158500671387, -76.3342819213867
Jeep rd.
WPT008
Location: 40.5093650817871, -76.3695297241211
Lavender blaze trail
WPT019
Location: 40.5270652770996, -76.2231521606445
PA 183; parking
WPT006
Location: 40.5080184936523, -76.3113174438476
Kessel Trail; Round Head; view
WPT009
Location: 40.5070877075195, -76.3769607543945
PA 645; parking
WPT009
Location: 40.5118675231934, -76.3066482543945
Hunting Grounds Boundary; be careful to follow the AT white blazes indicated with fairly distinct white rectangles, as opposed to the white blotches use to mark the hunting boundary
WPT035
Location: 40.5134658813477, -76.2654037475586
Pipeline
WPT023
Location: 40.5255851745606, -76.2348327636719
Public Hunting Boundary, AT joins old jeep road
WPT021
Location: 40.5259323120117, -76.2285308837891
Trail to spring; Fort Dietrich Snyder historical marker
WPT003
Location: 40.5084838867188, -76.2786865234375
Shikellamny Summit Lookout
WPT002
Location: 40.5108337402344, -76.2755661010742
stream
WPT005
Location: 40.511531829834, -76.3459014892578
CLEARING/HANG GLIDING spot
WPT036
Location: 40.5105323791504, -76.2750854492188
AT to the W; Hertlein Camp
WPT013
Location: 40.5168838500977, -76.3200531005859
Jeep rd.
WPT006
Location: 40.5103149414062, -76.3564682006836
Fisher Lookout
WPT011
Location: 40.5154151916504, -76.3147964477539
View of Round Head
WPT001
Location: 40.5131797790527, -76.3464965820312
501 Shelter
WPT004
Location: 40.5111846923828, -76.3441162109375
KIMMEL LKOUT
WPT024
Location: 40.512565612793, -76.34423828125
PA 501, parking
WPT002
Location: 40.512825012207, -76.3440933227539
Trail to 501 Shelter
DSCF0969
Location: 40.5111999511719, -76.3440170288086
DSCF0946
Location: 40.5259323120117, -76.2283325195312
